Municipal by-elections

5 November 2025

2 ward by-elections in Fetakgomo Tubatse, Govan Mbeki, in the council term of the 2021 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 37, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality

Fetakgomo Tubatse · by-election of 5 November 2025

MOTUBATSE ZACHARZA NGAKE elected3 347 valid votes · turnout 57,6%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MOTUBATSE ZACHARZA NGAKEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	2 386	71,3%
AUNTIE THUHUTHA MALEDIMOECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	442	13,2%
ASHLEY MASWENENGIndependent	Independent	189	5,6%
MALESELO JOHANNA MAREISOUTH AFRICAN MAINTENANCE AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATI	SOUTH AFRICAN MAINTENANCE AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATI	173	5,2%
TSERERE JOSEPH DIPHOFABOLSHEVIKS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	BOLSHEVIKS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	66	2,0%
THABENG FRANK MOSWANESOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY	SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY	46	1,4%
LETLAKANE SHADRACK KGAPHOLAUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	45	1,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 57,2%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 14, Govan Mbeki Local Municipality

Govan Mbeki · by-election of 5 November 2025

FANA JEREMIA NZIMANDE elected2 065 valid votes · turnout 41,8%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
FANA JEREMIA NZIMANDEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	904	43,8%
ZODWA ANNITAH MKWEBANEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	552	26,7%
BHEKI NYATHIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	345	16,7%
MAJAHENI FLAXMAN SIBANYONIUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	209	10,1%
LINDIWE SIBONGILE KUNENEIndependent	Independent	55	2,7%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 47,9%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 5 November 2025: 2 wards, each candidate by name and party with their votes. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published per municipality, so they — and the ward's registered voters and turnout with them — are shown only where a municipality held one by-election that day.

How it was read and checked

The winner is the candidate the IEC's results award the seat. Why each seat fell vacant is not published with these results and is not stated here.

Sources

The IEC files this day's record was loaded from

Official documents behind this recordFiles retrieved from the publisher, with their SHA-256 fingerprints
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IEC by-election candidates, 5 November 2025 (JSON, {"EEID":1799})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1799-candidates.json · 3 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`c85a593304f0ff5e…`
IEC by-election results, 5 November 2025: LIM476 - Fetakgomo Tubatse (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-7725.json · 18 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`565d9fb89834b4af…`
IEC by-election results, 5 November 2025: MP307 - Govan Mbeki (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-5508.json · 10 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`cad196795742f0be…`
IEC by-election councillors, 5 November 2025 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1799})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1799-councillors.json · 1 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`68445db6e480a5a3…`